PowerPoint Certification PowerPoint Certification Slide Master and Layouts 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What is a Slide Layout in relation to the Slide Master?
- A child template that inherits from the Slide Master but can be individually customized (Correct answer)
- A separate file used for printing
- A background color option
- A saved animation sequence
Correct answer: A child template that inherits from the Slide Master but can be individually customized
A Slide Layout is a child of the Slide Master that defines a specific arrangement of placeholders while inheriting master-level styles.
Question 2: How do you rename a custom Slide Layout in Slide Master view?
- Double-click the layout thumbnail
- Right-click the layout thumbnail and choose Rename Layout (Correct answer)
- Use the Design tab and choose Rename
- You cannot rename layouts
Correct answer: Right-click the layout thumbnail and choose Rename Layout
Right-clicking a layout thumbnail in Slide Master view reveals the context menu option to rename it.
Question 3: Which placeholder type is typically found only on the Title Slide layout and not on content layouts?
- Content placeholder
- Subtitle placeholder (Correct answer)
- Table placeholder
- Media placeholder
Correct answer: Subtitle placeholder
The Subtitle placeholder is a distinct element on the Title Slide layout, separate from the body content placeholder used on standard layouts.
Question 4: When you delete a placeholder from a Slide Layout in Slide Master view, what is the effect?
- It deletes the content from all slides using that layout
- New slides using that layout will not include that placeholder (Correct answer)
- It causes an error
- It moves the placeholder to the Slide Master
Correct answer: New slides using that layout will not include that placeholder
Deleting a placeholder from a layout means new slides based on that layout won't include it, but existing slide content is unaffected.
Question 5: What is the purpose of the 'Insert Placeholder' button in Slide Master view?
- To insert a picture on the current slide
- To add a new placeholder type (text, picture, table, etc.) to a layout (Correct answer)
- To insert a new slide master
- To add a footer placeholder only
Correct answer: To add a new placeholder type (text, picture, table, etc.) to a layout
The Insert Placeholder button lets you add various placeholder types—text, picture, chart, table, etc.—to any slide layout.
Question 6: If you apply a new Theme from the Design tab while in Slide Master view, what is affected?
- Only the currently selected layout
- Only slides with custom formatting
- The entire Slide Master and all its child layouts (Correct answer)
- Only the Title Slide layout
Correct answer: The entire Slide Master and all its child layouts
Applying a theme in Slide Master view updates the master and all its associated layouts with the new fonts, colors, and effects.
PowerPoint Certification PowerPoint Certification Slide Master and Layouts 2
What is a Slide Layout in relation to the Slide Master?